A double century of articles

by Terry Gallacher on August 14, 2012

When I started this website in August 2010, I had no idea we would eventually publish one hundred articles, let alone two hundred. In my previous article, “A century of articles” I wrote: “I hope that we have enough material to provide another hundred articles.”

The Colleagues series of articles, recalls the careers of friends and colleagues, while the Cameraman Tales, tells sometimes tragic, sometimes comic and, often, heroic tales of cameramen’s exploits that I either witnessed myself or were told the story by someone in the industry.

What has been pleasing is unearthing new information on colleague’s careers, such as Frank Few’s wartime exploits at Guadalcanal, which earned him the Navy Cross, finding a photo of my friend Dick Clark, sat next to Walter Cronkite at the Nuremburg Trials, discovering Ian Grant’s work with the AFPU and that he had written a book, Cameramen at war and was awarded the Military Medal.

There is still more to come, a Colleagues article on my friend, Sir Mohinder Dhillon, more Cameraman Tales and further guest articles from Derek Evans on his time at Visnews, we’re currently preparing a series of Podcasts on Movietone.

As always I’m grateful for the support of followers who share the articles on the internet via Twitter and Facebook, as always we would like to hear suggestions for future articles.

Many thanks for your comments. I glad to hear that I am on the right track. I hope I am filling an obvious gap in the history of newsreels and television. There has been a good deal of misrepresentation.

Congratulations on the 200th article – and what articles? Every one as illuminating as the next, regardless I would suggest of the specific interest of the reader, but for students of the genre an absultute goldmine. Roll on the next 100.
Colin